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A fire drill was held at 10 am on Monday (November 28) at the Burj Khalifa ahead of Dubai's yearly New Year's Eve celebrations. The drill was held as part of a safety effort that is carried out every year. Last year, the Dubai Civil Defence authority conducted a similar fire drill in preparation for a safe New Year celebration. The drill began at 10am after the Operations Room received a test report that a fire had erupted on the 112th floor of the Burj Khalifa. Staff and residents were evacuated immediately after the fire alarms went off. Within four minutes, response teams from the Zaabeel Civil Defence Station arrived and extinguished the fire in ten minutes. BKM/ Expat Media
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